Swimming apparatus for attachment to the legs.



No. 682,379. a c. cLAssEN.

SWIMMING APPARATUS FUR ATTACHMENT T0"THE LEGS.

(Appliation med Apr. 1o, 1901. (No Model.)

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g UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.CARL CLASSEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

- SWIMMING .APPARATUS FOR'ATTAGHMENT TOTHE` LEGS.

. SPECIFICATION pm f Lette!! Ptent N0. 682,379, dated. September 10,1901. Application illsd April 10, 1901. Serial No. 55,172. A(lilomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern,.-

.Be it known that I', CARL CLASSEN, a citizen of the United States,residingfat New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and- 'useful Improvements in LegAttachmentsfor se in Swimming, of which the following is a full and complete'specification, such as -will enable others skilled in the art to whichit -to appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to .leg attachments for use 'as aids in swimming,and the ob'ect ass thereof is to provide a deviceof this `'c which is.in the form of a sock or stocking",-

,I5 and whichimay be drawn lonto the 'foot and.

leg inthe .manner of an ordinary stocking, and whichis provided with 'a-plurality of webs or nies which open in the backward movement of thefoot and close in the forzo ward movement thereof.

The invention is fully disclosed in 'the foilowing specification, ofwhichthe accompany'ing'drawin gs form a part, in which the separateparts of .my improvement are desig-v -nated by .the'same referencecharacters in eachof; thel views, and-in-which'- Figurelis a sideview ofone ofV my impro ved leg attachments-for use in swimming; Fig. 2, a'plan view of a lsection thereof or a section 3o of ithe webs or liieswhich I employ extended;

an attachment .of the class described which 4o will be hereinaftercalled a sock "or stock-- ing. The sockor stocking is providedl with IFig. 3, 'a plan view of one of-said webs or flies extended, and Fig. 4asection on the line a: au of F ig. 3. j

'I-'n thejpractice of lmy invention I provide .a plurality of webs or.ilies. 6, any desired number of which maybe employed and which l arepreferablydistributed over the entire sur-V 45 facethereojanfd' these'webs or flies each con- .sist of .two sheets-'Lana s of flexiblematerial of .the form shown inFig. 3 when extended.

These-flexible strips or sheets 7 and 8 conthe edges thereof, and intothe pocket thus formed is placed a stiening strip or plate 12 ofany'suitable material. The side wings 10 of the webs or flies are foldedalong the dotted lines 13 and 14, and the outer members thereof arestitched to the sock or stocking along the outer borders of the outer orside sections or portionsl of said webs or dies. As thus constructeditwill be seen that the sock or stocking when drawn onto the leg andsecured thereon will fit thereto in the manner of an ordinary sock orstocking, and Vas the leg is drawn through the water the webs or flieswill fold ,tightly against the leg "and foot, and when the leg 'is movedbackwardly in the operation of swimming 4said webs or flies will openand catch the water and serve as levers to propel the body forward. Itwill also be understood that the by means of aband -or other devicesecured sock or stocking can also be secured to the leg A i to the tpthereof, and my invention is not i limited to any particular device foraccomplishing these purposes nor to the material used inthe constructionof the attachment -nor to the websor flies thereof, and Ireserve `the'right to make all such alterations as fairly come within the scope ofmy invention. Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

- "1. A swimmingattachmentfor the leg, consisting of a sock or stockingadapted to fricin position, apluralityof circumferential'snperposedseries ofA webs or dies mounted upon the outer surface thereof andpivoted one 4beneath-.the otheirand adapted 4to be opened. in'Y thebackward' movement of the leg, substantially as show'n and described.

sisting of a sock or stocking adapted to frictionally engage the leg andconforming to the sha-pe thereof, whereby it is' self-retained inposition ,a plurality of circumferenti'ally-superposed series of webs orflies mounted upon the outer surface thereof, and pivoted one tionallyengage the leg and conforming to` the shape thereof, whereby it isself-retained sisto'f a'bodypor'tion 9 and side wings 10,l the 5e' bodyportion being longer than the side wings in the backward movement of theleg the 10 and being stitched togetherat 11 around said webs or lliesbeing provided at their side beneath the other and adapted to be opened42. A'swimming attachment for the leg, con- IOO with iexible connectionsattaehingjthe-Sinto,v

in posi tion', a plurality of circumferentallyfsu f .perposed series ofwebs or iiies mounted 4uponsnr-face thereof and pivoted' one l the outerbeneaththe'other'and adapted to'be .Opened the backward movement of Vthelegi,l the said Websor iespbeing provid-ed interiorly,` i `withstiieningstrips,substantially as' shown 4. A.swimming'attaehinent-fortheleg;conf` sisting-offv a soogk orstooking adapted-to ibe' adapted tofric tionally engage Vthe -leg and-conforming to the shape thereof,vwhereby it is self-retained strip. or

drawn 'thereonta'nd the-surface of which is" .provided with Webs Olii'es which are'adapted to be opened in the Vbackward movement of.the1eg,-said webs or flies consisting of separate strips stitchedtogether and provided with a oent'ralpooket inwlrioh is'placed astifening plate, v,snbstantially as shown and described.

In testimony thatl claim the foregoing as my invention I have'signed myname, in prese'n'cejof the subscribing witnesses, this 8th l @day ofApril, 1901.

